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Sarah Oakes @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social · 2d

For this year's @molotovlitzine.bsky.social monsters call i had a wacky idea and listening to where it takes me. And its dead fun. Also may involve time travel.

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Abigail Williams @abbywilliams.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much for reading, Rachel - and for sharing. Glad you enjoyed it!

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Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 4d

Oof. I missed this @molotovlitzine.bsky.social Flash Monster winner from @abbywilliams.bsky.social last year. Heartbreaking and gorgeous. themolotovcocktail.com/vol-15/flash...

The Molotov Cocktail

Her Name Was Laika by Abigail Williams The hand that touched my nose smelt of cat and biscuits and a little of the ducks who had surrendered their feathers to its glove. It touched my nose softly. …

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Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve done it* again.

*Started a new Flash Monster draft for @molotovlitzine.bsky.social’s contest close to the deadline after working on a completely different story for a few weeks.

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 6d

Less than 2 weeks left until our #FlashMonster soft deadline. Get that monstrous #flashfiction turned in by October 15th. Top 10 published on Halloween. #writingcontest

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 9d

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 10d

A dark gray bunny sits peacefully among daisies in a garden on a sunny day with blue sky.

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 12d

Skull Bat

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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’m celebrating the last day of summer by wearing a cardigan and staying indoors.

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 12d

A white bunny with brown markings sits on a wooden bench, mouth open wide as if yawning. The background is a porch with columns.

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 12d

We want to see what's inside those big brains of yours.

Send us monstrous #flashfiction by October 15th soft deadline. 12th annual #FlashMonster issue will run on Halloween. #writingcontest

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 15d

That #FlashMonster 2025 deadline will creep up on you!

Soft deadline hits Oct 15th. Issue drops on Halloween. You can go as literal or figurative with your monster as you want. Literary or pulpy. Art house or grindhouse.
#flashfiction #writingcontest

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 14d

Close-up of a gray and white bunny being held by hands.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 14d

"I still very much and thoroughly consider myself a fiction writer. But sometimes something of life presents itself directly for writing, and that was this." Our first featured author of Issue 89 is Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social. Read her interview here: www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Smoke Signals with Aimee Bender - SmokeLong Quarterly

You have three threads woven together here—the story of your father, of the taxed sump pump, and of Joni Mitchell making music—and it’s all seamless and brilliant. Are you on the lookout for events li...

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · 14d

Very intelligent and classy post written by the wonderful @rustandmoth.bsky.social regarding the subject of #plagiarism.

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#writers #writinglife

A Letter to a Young Plagiarist | Rust & Moth

We were lucky enough to publish many wonderful poems in 2024, but one of them certainly caught your eye. We confirmed recently through a simple Google search that you, a young university student, had ...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14d

'Sails' batik by Tatiana Belokonenko, contemporary artist born in Odessa, Ukraine #WomensArt

Textile artwork with stylised representations of sailing boats with triangular sails in pastel colours on gentle waters

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Aeryn Rudel @aerynrudel.bsky.social · 14d

Today on the blog, we're looking at another installment of my Ten Years of Rejectomancy series. This time, it's year seven, and, unfortunately, regression is the name of the game. Check it out.

#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

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Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Seven – The Whiplash Effect

There’s a phenomena in baseball and other professional sports where a player, usually a rookie, has a fantastic inaugural season, goes into the next season with massive expectations, and then…

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · 14d

Very intelligent and classy post written by the wonderful @rustandmoth.bsky.social regarding the subject of #plagiarism.

rustandmoth.com/2025/a-lette...

#writers #writinglife

A Letter to a Young Plagiarist | Rust & Moth

We were lucky enough to publish many wonderful poems in 2024, but one of them certainly caught your eye. We confirmed recently through a simple Google search that you, a young university student, had ...

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 27d

Some #FlashMonster 2025 inspiration for you. Here's our 2021 contest winner, "Gabriel" by Jo Withers.

2025 contest (themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste...) deadline is October 15th so get cracking!

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Gabriel by Jo Withers When my mother couldn’t give my father the son he wanted, he built a boy instead. After my mother delivered me, another girl, it is said my father disappeared for weeks. My ol…

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · 29d

Looking for #FlashMonster inspiration? Check out this Spotify playlist. I add new songs each year. Lots of creepy creatures and haunting ambience: open.spotify.com/playlist/43F...
@molotovlitzine.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcontest #Halloweenmusic

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Always my favorite @molotovlitzine.bsky.social #flashfiction contest to read. I love seeing new spins on tired old tropes as well as unique creations bubbling forth from writers’ mind cauldrons. 🧙 #flashmonster has been our annual October contest since 2014!

The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's that time of year again. We want to see your nasties, the dark entities you conjure and the ghouls you stitch together. Make them brutal, make them sympathetic, make them impossible to define.

#FlashMonster 2025 contest deadline Oct 15th. #flashfiction

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · 29d

Looking for #FlashMonster inspiration? Check out this Spotify playlist. I add new songs each year. Lots of creepy creatures and haunting ambience: open.spotify.com/playlist/43F...
@molotovlitzine.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcontest #Halloweenmusic

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M Lenoir Bond @mlenoirbond.bsky.social · 29d

Only 52 days away! 😍 #Halloween #Samhain #autumnsoul

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · Sep 9

healing gems

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